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The phone is a remarkably complex, simple device,
and very rarely ever needs repairs, once you fix them. Dan/Panther

Fuji+Seimons= Fusi now Fujitsu.I think some parts on these sets were farmed out to other companies such as dials or transmitters. Have a stick with an NEC decal but dial is an OKI and the transmitter is a Toa.NEC was WEs Japanese affiliate.Toa still builds audio gear

I live near it. Last night a woodland creature broke into my crawlspace in order to die. After doing so, it wouldn't leave and it hid. and died. and began to emit horrible house filling smells. I had to pay a wildlife extraction artist to remove it. It was an opposum and it cost me just about $300.00. I will not be getting any phones for a bit.

Greetings - I'm a new member. Thank you for adding me and I will introduce myself later, but to at least give some background...I'm not a big collector of phones - I have maybe 10, four are rotary, the rest are pushbutton Princess types and one wireless that operate on the 2.4Ghz band. I like to use the phones with a cable modem; currently not doing that, but will be soon again.

Anyway- I acquired this OKI phone from a gentleman, two years ago...met him near downtown Roswell. Until a few days ago, I didn't attempt to fix the one thing it needed- a sticky, non-working dialer. It would not return to its normal position after selectiing any number. Taking it apart, thinking I could repair it has become a nightmare. At this stage, I don't think I can repair the dial, since there are many metal membranes that have (sorry to say) fallen out of stacked order. I do have the schematic, but I'm not skilled in interpreting it. My question goes out to anyone who has worked on a phone like this: If the dial can be easily turned one way and it is very hard to turn back (return?) on its own, despite cleaning it, is the mechanism kaput? (you can laugh). I have tried to carefully clean this mechanism so that the spring will return the dial to its resting position. But I feel convinced that it cannot be fixed. I will add photos and put my question into a better place for anyone to read and possibly help. On search, I found a link to classicrotaryphones.com and this page. Thanks and stand by for more.

Those dials can be a real challenge to reassemble, but if all of the parts are still present, it should be doable. The sluggishness of the dial was most probably a result of dirt and old oil in the mechanisms, and a good spraying with contact cleaner and then some careful oiling could probably have fixed it. Posting pictures here would be helpful. There might be a diagram of the dial assembly available somewhere.

Hi all and thank you for your replies! I have been fighting a cold and then had some computer maintenance I needed to do, so my apologies for the pause in reply.

19and41 : I have taken many photos; your suggestion was my intent. Thanks!

AE_Collector : Terry...yes, I did buy it after seeing the ad in my own CL search.

LarryinMichigan: I have all the parts. Boy do I have all the parts...whatever those metal membranes are with prongs and are divided by square, three-hole insulators, that is the biggest mess to imagine repairing. I did take photos before hand, but I doubt I can reassemble that piece based on photos. Also, the dial has been cleaned and it barely turns in one direction. I may still be unaware that it is just still dirty, despite cleaning.

I thought that I would start a thread and see what replies result. I'm handy with taking apart and putting together, but I'm not confident I would understand how to reassemble those stacked, insulated membrane piece with the three black cylndrical pieces that "keep it together". I may need to tape that piece temporarily to work with it..anyway....

I've got many photos, so I'll start a thread. The worst case scenario is..it can be re-assembled with a prop status, instead of a working phone. I don't know much about its age;looking forward to hearing from others.

The easiest fix is buy a #10 dial from Canada or England and move the contact assy as a unit You might need to move the mtg screws.Japanese theads are different. Hiltz might have the parts or fix yours